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More than half of all GAA fans' first experience of Croke Park was being brought there by their dad, a new survey has revealed.

The survey, completed by EirGrid, asked GAA fans across the country about their most memorable moments in their GAA lives, and 57% of people remembered being brought by their fathers to experience GAA HQ for the first time.

The family connection in the GAA was reflected strongly in the survey, with people saying they enjoy games most when they're there with their dads. Getting breakfast together was the joint most popular pre-game ritual, alongside a pint.

Meanwhile, in a survey of iconic moments in GAA history, Dublin GAA were involved in several of the winning picks.

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Dublin's massive 31-point victory over Westmeath was voted as the "magic moment" of the football championship season thus far, and Paul Mannion was voted the most outstanding player of the championship to date in the poll of 300 GAA fans.

Mannion raked in a sizable 29% of the vote, more than double second-placed Kevin McKernan of Down with 14%.

Kildare's Daniel Flynn, who will face Dublin on Sunday, took third spot with 11% of the vote.

Stephen Cluxton's winning point in the 2011 All-Ireland Final against Kerry, meanwhile, was voted the most iconic GAA moment of the past 20 years, again raking in more than double the amount of votes than second placed moment of Maurice Fitzgerald's famous sideline point against Dublin back in 2001.

And the iconic image of Alan Brogan being consoled by his son Jamie following Dublin's loss to Donegal in 2014 was voted the most iconic family moment in the GAA in the past 15 years.

EirGrid, the state-owned company that manages and operates Ireland’s national grid, launched the ‘EirGrid Moments in Time’ campaign as part of its timing partnership with the GAA.

The campaign will culminate with a club in each province winning a digital clock and scoreboard.